A hacker using the handle JM511 has dumped a heap of accounts that are claimed to be from an Saudi Arabia based website, the exact website these are from is unknown. This is only going to add to the fire that has been burning through out the middle east networks and what has been dubbed the middle east cyber war. The…
Month: March 2012
Digital Playground becomes hackers’ playground (update 1)
The Digital Playground porn site has reportedly been hacked. Big time. The site that advertises “Porn worth paying for” may find itself paying dearly for a security breach that may have exposed over 72,000 customers’ details and over 44,000 credit card numbers. In what they claim as their first release, a group calling themselves The…
New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee's Disclosure of PHI
I can picture a lot of lawyers breathing a sigh of relief over this one. Robyn Sterling writes: A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee’s dissemination of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Specifically, the court found…
AU: Defence under investigation after privacy breach
Hayden Cooper reports on a horrific breach: The Australian Defence Force is under investigation for a privacy breach that exposed the most personal details of scores of serving soldiers. The bungle at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks posted medical information, discipline records and psychology reports online for all to see. One former soldier has told ABC’s 7.30…
UK: Security breach at Castle Huntly prison as confidential files go missing after being binned by wardens
David Taylor reports: Files containing the personal information of prisoners, including Tommy Sheridan, are missing.. after being put in the bin by mistake. Staff at Castle Huntly jail threw out confidential paperwork weeks ago but forgot to shred it. When they went back to do it, the files had mysteriously disappeared. The missing information included…
Automotive Giant Subaru, Suzuki, FORD, Toyota Ssangyong Hacked and Defaced
content/images/gallery/random3/q8-spy.png One of the worlds largest car maker Subaru Also one of the oldest car makers FORD and also a smaller car maker Ssangyong and various other dealer sites have been hacked by a hacker using the handle Q8 Spy. The hacks have left 1 Subaru sites, 2 Ssangyong sites 1 Kawasaki site , 1 ford site , 1 Suzuki site,…